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CommonMan
CommonMan

Reputation: 3928

HTTPUrlConnection Issues on Android

I am facing an interesting problem with HTTPUrlConnection on Android. Here are the steps
1. Create a new HTTPUrlConnection with a particular url say URL
2. Now I change the APN settings on device level
3. Now I create another HTTPUrlConnection with the same URL.
When trying to read input steam after step 3, connection times-out.

Another interesting thing is When I change the URL in step 3 everything seems to work fine

One reason I can think of can be Android somehow keeps previous connection alive and returns me the same connection in step 3 and since the APN is changed, that connection is no more valid.

Any Insights in this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Manan

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1635

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006674

One reason I can think of can be Android somehow keeps previous connection alive and returns me the same connection in step 3 and since the APN is changed, that connection is no more valid.

That is a very distinct possibility. Android added keep-alive support to HttpUrlConnection. Normally, APN settings don't change (AFAIK), so this may not be a big problem. However, you can disable keep-alive via System.setProperty("http.keepAlive", "false");, according to this Android Developer Blog post.

Upvotes: 1

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